Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-05-01

wennfkabIe Men.

The biggest man in Congress is Rep
.ro@enfative George I. Barnes, Of Au.
n Enstn. %. He tips the beam at trihe
ovsf 500 pounds. and is one OF the most
. 6ooular men in the State. His con.
E5tffuency il proud OF him. and he will
4robabIy remain In Congress as long as
h< uon(s to.
+ Unols Elijah Belflower, OF Dawson,
& [1e.. failed to attend recent meeting OF
& ~ Masonic Lodge, aud the members
~<re % surprised At his absence that a
6oumitteo waa sent out to see If he was
III. This was the second time in forty
>1eht years that Mr.. Belfiower has
o1Ined meeting.
II ths lower part OF Coffee county.
<la., lives Stafford Davis, relative OF
q ~ ex-P President OF the Southern Con
1oderacy, who is now LOG years old He
|usrved through the war OF 1872 and the
Mexfcan war, but has nevsr received a
.. noosion for his services and has never
"a for one. When % years
Z 81 ere he married Miss Lot
IA now has children, grandchildren
+ IA rreat grandchildren 10 the number
q 275. In 1872 his wife died. after
1fxiv wears OF married life, and recently
XS III 10 the altar blushing bride os
aftv summers. Mr. Davis has been
f slr6nr and hearty until this year, but is
row quite feeble.
Perhaps the smallest man OF his age
now living is James Hoag, OF Cedar
8ofinps, Mich. He was born in 1919,
nnd vas one OF the smallest babies
known, weighing only nine ounces. He
now weighs but seventy six pounds, and
& only forty.five inches in height. One
a the largest men OF modern times
: vvas Samuel Murfitt, who died
Il Eoeland few weeks ago, lie
Vas feet inch high and weighed
: 80 pounds. The girth of his waist was
n1ariy 10 feet, and it ,ok tape.line 20
Inches long to encompass the calf OF his
lee. No hearse could be found large
enough to carry his body, and it took
twenty men to lift the cotiin through the
window to an open wagon. Hc was
native Of Wimblington, Cambridgeshire,
sud was 55 years old.
John Upton. q sext genar.an resident
Of Taylor county, Illinois, has Just be.
qua the study OF Greek. His life has
beeu one of incesssnt toll on a farm,
uith scant opportunities for study. but
every year be put aside small SUN out
Of his earnings, and thinks he has now
: enough to keep him in comfort for the
remainder Of his days. He never went
Is school in his boyhood, and did not
. learn to read aEd write until well on in
lie.
Washington county, Pa, has veterln
"a three wars in Isham White, who says
thnt be was born in Southern Georgia in
l776. He was one of those who fought |
bohind the cotton. bales under General
Jackson at New Orleans, and thinks 1t
wns bullet from his musket
chat killed General Packenham. tue
conmander OF the British forces on
chat occasion. lie served against the
fndisns in Florida in 1886, and was a
xo,unteer under General Winfield Scott
IN Mexico. His love for ''Oid Hickory"
emonnts almost to reverence, ani he
Rvs that he votes for hi n at every
Il residential election.
The shortest reigning monarch is the
+ apercr Of China, who is only five feet
G-h Emperor William, of Germany,
Z the tallest, being just six feet in
height. Prince Albert. of Germany,
ncphew OF the Emperor, is six feet six
Inehes high, and the Emperor OF Rus
"A. 8 feet IL inches. The 'aliest man
among Eastern nations is Chang, the
'>Chinese z ant. who is : feet 5 inches
The talleat European is Winekelmeir, a
yonng Austrian. who measures feet 0
ipches in stature. -lExchaDge.